More: Spider-Man May Be Doomed To Betray The Avengers. Ever since his first appearance, … The dinner scene that Kindred organized with the Spider family is reminiscent of the Batman's storyline, Death of the Family. Spider-Man: Is Another Marvel Villain Hiding In Peter's Nightmares? The two have a brief scuffle, with Kindred tossing Pete through a mirror and either dropping him in the city or, more likely, granting him a vision of the chaos the other sin-infected Spider-People are causing. While Peter Parker has dealt with a number of new challenges since Marvel relaunched The Amazing Spider-Man in 2018 - from the return of Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter to a long-distance relationship with Mary Jane - one villain has been at the heart of the series from the beginning. This might be a long shot, but this could actually be a version of MJ created in the aftermath of "One More Day.". only Peter's friends call him 'Pete.' Kindred agreed and released his hold on Peter's friends, and promptly snapped Spider-Man's neck which killed him instantly. Kindred has possessed Spider-Man's Spider-Verse allies, and in previous issues, he'd set them upon the entire city. 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It appropriately stands to reason, though, that the action of Kindred snapping Peter's neck was really Kindred snapping Peter out of whatever trance he was in or waking him up from some sort of dream (despite all the chaos involving the other Spiders being very real). Over the years, Tom has built a strong relationship with aspects of the various fan communities, and is a Moderator on some of Facebook's largest MCU and X-Men groups. A graduate of Edge Hill University in the United Kingdom, Tom is still strongly connected with his alma mater; in fact, in his spare time he's a voluntary chaplain there. Even worse, Mary Jane is on her way now while Norman Osborn and Wilson Fisk wait in the wings. The answers will undoubtedly become clear in time. What they don't know is that a shadowy version of someone who appears to be Mary Jane is now stalking them. Please -- I don't care anymore. The Batman Who Laughs: Can Marvel’s Evil Smiling God Kill DC’s? Kill me! Kindred has been looming in the background of writer Nick Spencer's run since September 2018's Amazing Spider-Man #5. Was Alan Moore's Twilight of the Superheroes' Proposal Too Much for DC to Handle. King in Black: Black Knight Gives the Symbiote God a STAGGERING New Form. He was killed in a deal meant to save his friends from Kindred, who is quickly becoming one of Spider-Man's greatest foes of all time. Related: Spider-Man Theory: Marvel is About to Undo “One More Day”. A one-stop shop for all things video games. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. But Kindred’s goal was achieved, and he was able to become even more powerful. It could be that both Spidey and Kindred are actually in the Astral Plane, which would have some interesting implications for the remainder of this arc, given that's where the Order of the Web wound up at the end of Amazing Spider-Man #52.LR. Amazing Spider-Man #52 sees Kindred's vendetta against Peter Parker escalate - with the villain actually snapping Spider-Man's neck! Just... take me. Possessing an intimate familiarity with Peter Parker to the point of affectionately referring to him as "Pete", and Norman Osborn who terrified Kindred when he was human– both as Norman and the Green Goblin– and inspired his demonic form, the demon began torturing Mysterio, an enemy of Spider-Man's who had … Consequently, they turn upon one another, as unfettered guilt is a self-destructive force. Marvel Comics has just killed Spider-Man. that much I can say with certainty. Kindred kills and resurrects Peter Parker over and over again in Amazing Spider-Man #54. Kindred then resurrected Peter and revealed his identity as Harry Osborn. Spider-Man is a fictional superhero created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko.He first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books.He appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, as well as in a number of movies, television shows, and video game adaptations set in the Marvel Universe. Kindred is overly familiar with Spider-man. By Shawn S. Lealos Dec 25, 2020. The demonic Kindred has finally captured Spider-Man and done the unthinkable by killing Peter Parker. Then, in a horrific moment that's sure to leave readers reeling, he breaks Peter's neck. After many kills and revivals, he shows Peter that dying is easy but the punishment in Hell is suffering your personal sins. This article contains spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #52, by Nick Spencer, Patrick Gleason, and Edgar Delgado. Kindred, who was recently revealed to be Harry Osborn, has been haunting Spidey since the very beginning of the current volume's run. "They're not the one you hate. Kindred agrees and releases his hold upon Spider-Man's friends. Eventually Kindred stops and says that dying is easy. The mysterious Kindred has been stalking Peter Parker since pretty much the start of Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man run, and there are a tonne of theories out there relating to his true identity. In Amazing Spider-Man #30, Kindred finds Norman in his Ravencroft prison. In the escape pod, Julia told Spider-Man that she saw these events coming together, and how neither she nor Peter can stop the evils to … But that doesn't mean this is the end of Spider-Man's story. Of course, it's never been explicitly stated that Peter's deal with Mephisto was what brought Harry Osborn back to life. This article contains spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #52, by Nick Spencer, Patrick Gleason, and Edgar Delgado. Amazing Spider-Man has finally delivered the long-delivered showdown between Spider-Man and Kindred. This is no illusion. You wanna kill someone? Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. Kindred uses a possessed Anya to inject a spider venom (that can kill an elephant) to watch Spider-Man suffer before ordering the possessed heroes to swing away. Peter Parker refused to stop a criminal at the start of his career, and that man murdered his Uncle Ben. The Peter/Harry dynamic was further complicated when … Spider-Man has had his hands full with Kindred, but now two dangerous villains have shown up gunning for both the hero and the demon. Warning: The following contains spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #52 by Nick Spencer, Patrick Gleason and Edgar Delgado, and Amazing Spider-Man #52.LR by Nick Spencer, Matthew Rosenberg, Federico Vicentini, and Marcio Menyz, both on sale now. Kindred manifests the cumulative sins into a demonic entity and sends it after the Order of the Web. Harry cites events in Amazing Spider-Man #40 and Amazing Spider-Man #97 during their college years, and Norman cites Kindred's visit to Ravencroft during Absolute Carnage in Amazing Spider-Man #831. All the while, Kindred continues to taunt Peter, mocking him for his mistakes and harping on how the web-slinger has continually failed to right his wrongs. Part Five of the Last Remains storyline picks up with Kindred having killed Spider-Man and the two of them trapped inside Spidey’s memories until Kindred drags them both back to the world of the living.. While it's true Amazing Spider-Man #52 is a wild and confusing ride, it is indeed set in the real world, a fact confirmed in Amazing Spider-Man #52.LR, published on the same day. Harry ultimately died in 1993's The Spectacular Spider-Man #200 after consuming a lethal variant of the Oz serum. The entity adopts the temporary alias of Kindred and kills Beck again so that he cannot reveal his identity to Spider-Man before Kindred is ready. That would explain why he claims to have returned from the dead, walking out of Hell itself to torture his nemesis and play upon his innate sense of guilt. Standing in the shadows behind them all is the mysterious villain called Kindred, who hates Spider-Man with a fierce and terrible passion. Kindred, who was recently revealed to be Harry Osborn, has been haunting Spidey since the very beginning of the current volume's run. Spider-Man: Did Kindred Really Just Kill [SPOILER]? Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man run has seen Peter Parker face some truly terrifying challenges. 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Brings Sin Eater Back To Life. The biggest shock comes at the end of Amazing Spider-Man #52 when Kindred makes good on his deal with Spider-Man by killing the web-slinger. Kindred even made a reference to how he appeared in Mary Jane Watson's nightmares and how he will not be able to kill Spider-Man as Kindred states that he "already won a long time ago". It's currently unclear just how Harry Osborn became Kindred, but the most likely scenario is that this is the spirit of Harry from the pre-"One More Day" timeline. Since part of Kindred's deal is wanting Peter to face his mistakes, there's probably one in particular that the villain really wants Spidey to grapple with. Another of Spider-Man's more recent and sinister foes, Sin Eater was … He took the stolen sins from Stanley Carter and cast the Sin-Eater back to his eternal damnation. Before Spider-Man could do anything to get out of his predicament, Harry had a lesson or two to teach his old friend. Matters escalate in Amazing Spider-Man #52, with Kindred revealing they are actually possessed by Peter Parker's own guilt. Kindred insisted that he would be the one to kill Spider-Man when the time came and even saved Spider-Man from Osborn when he broke out of prison. Standing in the shadows behind them all is the mysterious villain called Kindred, who hates Spider-Man with a fierce and terrible passion. Desperate, Spider-Man strikes a deal with this devil, unknowingly echoing the mistake he made with Mephisto in "One More Day." See Also Marvel Comics has just killed Spider-Man. Kindred set them loose upon the city and eventually had them ready to kill one another, forcing Spider-Man to make a deal: his life for theirs. Kindred agrees, releasing the Order of the Web from whatever possession they were under and apparently murdering Peter immediately afterward. Spider-Man starts swinging through the city and crashes through trashcans before walking to Sanctum Sanctorum and knocks on the door. Seeing Gwen almost kill Miles sends Peter over the edge, though, and he straight up begs Kindred to kill him and spare the others. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. While Kindred almost certainly didn't kill Spidey for good, the final page of Amazing Spider-Man #52 is wonderfully graphic, with a centipede coiling around Peter's head and violently snapping his neck. Nick Spencer is telling a story of death, but surely there will ultimately be a resurrection for Spider-Man. Knull Vs. But what if it was? Kindred then maliciously kills Sin-Eater, taking on all the sins he had absorbed. Not only did Peter's decision during "One More Day" erase his marriage to Mary Jane, but it was also the moment that essentially brought Harry Osborn back from the dead. Harry Osborn died believing that Spider-Man was responsible for the death of Gwen Stacy. "They didn't do anything to deserve this," Peter declares. The upside: Spidey is alive. With his enhanced abilities, Kindred attacked Spider-Man and the Order of the Web. Spidey has … A one-stop shop for all things video games. If that's the case, then it makes sense for Kindred to want to lead Spidey into the Astral Plane to face what is perhaps his greatest sin. And as it just so happens, the shadow of that mistake is now hunting the Order of the Web. Written by Nick Spencer Art by Mark Bagley Published by Marvel Comics . Take me!" Related: Spider-Man: Kindred Is Peter Parker's Most 'Unsettling' Villain. The scene is shocking and brutal, with Patrick Gleason's art sure to leave readers distinctly uncomfortable. After 50 issues of build-up, Spencer finally began to reveal the truth about Kindred; he is in fact Peter's old friend Harry Osborn. Spider-Man: Two SINISTER Villains Team Up to Take Down Kindred. It's all appropriately cryptic and harsh, and it brings even more confusion into the matter of what exactly Kindred wants. Dressed as Kindred again, Harry kills and revives Peter numerous times, forcing him to relive his life with each flash of death. Click the button below to start this article in quick view. Kindred rebukes Peter's claims about … As seen since from the start of the "Last Remains" arc, Kindred has been doing some graverobbing, stealing the remnants of those who have died on Spider-Man's watch. With The Amazing Spider-Man #50 kicking off the "Last Remains" story arc, we finally have an answer to the first question. After all these years, Spider-Man has been killed, sacrificing himself to save his friends. he calls him 'Pete' instead of the more formal 'Peter.' Kindred has launched a mysterious, multi-layered plan that ultimately drew Spider-Man to him for a fateful confrontation - and in Amazing Spider-Man #52, it comes to a shocking climax. even Betty Brant called him 'Peter' in those early days. Click the button below to start this article in quick view. Related: Spider-Man: Is Another Marvel Villain Hiding In Peter's Nightmares? Spidey briefly traversed the Astral Plane to find Kindred, and what he ultimately found wasn't at all to his liking. Tom Bacon is one of Screen Rant's staff writers, and he's frankly amused that his childhood is back - and this time it's cool. Amazing Spider-Man has finally delivered the long-delivered showdown between Spider-Man and Kindred. Trying to get Spider-Man to confess to his greatest sin that not even Peter himself remembers, Kindred killed and resurrected Spider-Man multiple times to try and get the webslinger to remember what he had done. Previously, he's written entertainment news and articles for Movie Pilot. WARNING: Spoilers follow for Amazing Spider-Man #54.LR by Nick Spencer, Matthew Rosenberg, Federico Vicentini, Takeshi Miyazawa, Scott Hanna, Erick … Click for full page view. This is no hoax. then Kindred loses it when Peter reveals his secret identity to Felicia Hardy. By all accounts, it sure seems like that's what the implication is. Trivia. The Order of the Web is in attendance, but they're too tied up to mingle much, and Kindred aka Harry Osborn is generally a terrible host. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man run has seen Peter Parker face some truly terrifying challenges. Spider-Man: Is MJ Destined to Be Peter's Sacrifice? Spencer has been quite clear that Kindred is a demon from Hell, and previous issues confirmed that - as a direct consequence of "One More Day" - Peter Parker's soul is destined for Hell as well. Amazing Spider-Man #52 finally delivers the showdown between Spidey and Kindred, and their battle takes a particularly gruesome turn. However, that wasn't the end, as Kindred resurrected Spider-Man and revealed he was Harry Osborn, something that completely shocked Peter Parker. When Kindred kills Peter, he suggests death will force Peter to face the truths he has hidden from himself for so long - including the truth of his foolish bargain with Mephisto. The build-up to this climactic moment is perfectly gruesome. The post Nick Spencer's New Spider-Man Twist Literally Demonizes The Mentally Ill … The mysterious Kindred has spent months plotting against Spider-Man, and now we finally know the … In the rest of the flashback, Kindred sent one of his centipedes into … At the end of Amazing Spider-Man #52.LR, the Order arrives in the Astral Plane, looking for some sort of answer to the problem that is Kindred. Publisher: Marvel ComicsType: Ongoing Series (Solo)Genre: SuperheroFeaturing: Spider-ManStatus: ActivePublication Date: September, 2018—onwardsNext Release: #59 (February 10, 2021)Latest Solicited Issue: #64 (April 21, 2021) For now, despite some serious head trauma, Spider-Man is probably alive and somewhat well, but whether or not he stays that way for much longer remains to be seen. Peter Parker is attending the worst dinner party of his life. What comes next is anyone's guess right now. Tom's focus tends to be on the various superhero franchises, as well as Star Wars, Doctor Who, and Star Trek; he's also an avid comic book reader. Keep Reading: Spider-Man: Sin-Eater Brings Back the Spider-Verse's Deadliest Villain. 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